XIV Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares | XIV Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences

"Fomentar a ciência polar num planeta sustentável" | "Fostering polar science on a sustainable planet"

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PROGRAMA (19 Novembro) | PROGRAM (19 November)

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Provisional Schedule (see Poster list below - click here)

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08h00   Registration

08h30   Opening Session

                Adelino Canário and Jorge Gonçalves (CCMAR), Pedro Ferreira (FCT Polar Office), Gonçalo Vieira (PROPOLAR), Pedro Guerreiro (14CPCP)

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Institutional and Collaborative Session

​08h45   How does PROPOLAR support the Portuguese polar community?

                  Maria Teresa Cabrita (PROPOLAR)

09h00   Finnish Arctic and Antarctic Research and the One-health initiative

                  Arja Rautio (Research University of the Arctic and University of Oulu, Finland)

09h15   Poland's research in Antarctica - Polish Antarctic Station H. Arctowski

                  Agnieszka Kruszewska (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

09h30   Polish Polar Stations in Spitsbergen - infrastructure and monitorings

                  Krzysztof Otto (Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

09h45   AIR Centre - Atlantic International Research Centre and PhD Grant opportunities in Polar Science

                  José Luiz Moutinho (Atlantic International Research Centre)

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Invited Scientific Lecture (Zoom)

Chair: Adelino Canario (CCMAR, Portugal and SHOU, China)

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​​​10h00   Population Genomics of an icefish, Chionodraco hamatus reveals mechanisms of glacier-driven adaptive radiation

             in Antarctic Notothenioids

              LiangBiao Chen (College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, China) 

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10h30   Coffee-Break and POSTER SESSION

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​Biological Sciences Session

​Chairs: Maria Teresa Cabrita (PROPOLAR) and Catarina Magalhães (CIIMAR)

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11h10   Small scale spatial variability in albatross demography linked to disease and extreme weather events

                 Paulo Catry (MARE, ISPA) 

11h25   What’s on the menu? Feeding ecology of Antarctic toothfish in the Amundsen and Dumont d’Urville seas

                 José Pedro Quierós (MARE, UCoimbra) 

11h40   Evolution of the immune system in Antarctic notothenioids

                 Cármen Sousa (CCMAR, UAlgarve) 

11h55   Projecting future climate change impacts on the distribution of pelagic squid in the southern ocean

                 Miguel Guerreiro (MARE, ULisboa) 

12h10   Functional and molecular response of the stress axis in Notothenia rossii acclimated at different temperatures

                 Pedro M. Guerreiro (CCMAR, UAlgarve) 

12h25   New Atlantic connection between the Azorean waters and the Barents Sea

                 Rui Peres Santos (CCMAR, UAlgarve) 

12h40   United Nations Decade of Ocean Science: contributions to the southern ocean action plan

                 José Xavier (MARE, UCoimbra) 

         

12h55   LUNCH

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​BioGeoChemistry and Geological Sciences Session

Chairs: Carla Mora  (IGOT, ULisboa) and João Canário (IST, ULisboa)

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​14h00   Keynote talk: The spatial distribution and biogeochemical drivers of nitrogen cycle genes in an Antarctic desert

                 Catarina Magalhães  (CIIMAR, UPorto) 

14h25   Secondary metabolite biosynthetic diversity in Arctic Ocean metagenomes

                 Adriana Rego (CIIMAR, UPorto) 

14h40   Mercury biomagnification in a Southern Ocean food web

                 José Seco (MARE, UCoimbra) 

14h55   Total mercury and methylmercury dynamics in water and sediments in two thermokarst lakes in the Canadian

             subarctic

                 Beatriz Malcata Martins (IST, ULisboa) 

15h10   Synergistic analysis of permafrost coastal erosion using multiple remote sensing data: the case of the Beaufort

             sea coast, Canada

                 Gonçalo Vieira (IGOT, ULisboa) 

15h25   Shoreline changes and permafrost degradation in Darnley bay (Amundsen gulf, Canada)

                 Rodrigue Tanguy (IGOT, ULisboa) 

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15h40   Coffee-Break and POSTER SESSION

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Atmospheric Sciences and Social Sciences Session

​Chairs: Gonçalo Vieira (IGOT, ULisboa) and José Xavier (MARE, UCoimbra)

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16h20   February 2022 heatwave at the Antarctic Peninsula: subtropical moisture sources, atmospheric river and foehn

                 Irina Gorodetskaya (CIIMAR, UPorto) 

16h35   Vertical structure of precipitation and clouds during summer atmospheric rivers at the Antarctic Peninsula

                 Claudio Durán Alarcón (CESAM, UAveiro) 

16h50   Precipitation over Southern Ocean: vertical structure analysis and model evaluation of two snowfall events around

             Mertz glacier

                 Diogo Luís (CESAM, UAveiro) 

17h05   Scientists’ self-leadership as a driver of psychological adaptation in Antarctica amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

                 Pedro Marques-Quinteiro (ULusófona) 

17h20   The importance of polar science & education in “Stories in Ice - Connect, Learn, Act” conference: the Portuguese

             contribution

                 Marta Espírito Santo (Agrupamento de Escolas Professor Ruy Luís Gomes) 

17h35   APECS Portugal and Covid-19: the action of ECRs during the pandemic

                 José Abreu (MARE, UCoimbra)

 

17h50   Conclusions and Awards

             

​18h00   Closing

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19h30   CONFERENCE DINNER in Harune Restaurant at EVA Senses Hotel

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POSTER LIST        

    
01 - EU-PolarNet 2: Coordinating and co-designing the European polar research area    

Gonçalo Vieira   (IGOT, ULisboa)      

02 - Cyanobacteria biofilms from Svalbard in the Arctic – ARTICOMICS project    

Adriana Rego   (CIIMAR, UPorto)

03 - Exploring the mercury cycle prokaryotic communities on the Arctic permafrost thaw systems    

Inês Santos and Pedro Lourenço   

04 - Investigating the links between taxonomy and functional traits in Arctic prokaryotic communities across the Svalbard shelf    

Joana Costa   (CIIMAR, UPorto)   

05 - Biodegradation of water-accommodated aromatic oil compounds by Arctic marine bacteria    

Ana Gomes   (CIIMAR, UPorto)   

06 - Molecular and neuroaminergic stress-related responses in the sub-Antarctic Patagonian blennie Eleginops maclovinus exposed to

       thermal challenges    

Carolina Vargas Lagos   (UACh and CCMAR, UAlgarve) 

07 - Intestinal, renal and branchial responses to salinity or temperature challenges in Notothenia rossii    

Alexandra Alves   (CCMAR, UAlgarve)

08 - Immunoendocrine response of the head-kidney to a pathogen challenge in N. rossii    

Carmen Sousa   (CCMAR, UAlgarve)

09 - Spectroscopic detection of biosignatures in Arctic ice samples as a proxy of icy moons (BIOMOON)    

Francisco Calapez   (IST, Ulisboa)  

10 - PERMANTAR 2022 – an update of the activities in the Western Antarctic Peninsula    

Joana Baptista   (IGOT, ULisboa)     

11 - Landscape and Antarctic vegetation mapping: UAV images using different classifiers at Demay Point, King George Island    

Flávia Ramos Ferrari   (U. Federal de Viçosa) 

12 - Comparative analysis between two different methodologies to characterize the vegetation cover in Byers Peninsula    

Gabriel Goyanes   (IST, Ulisboa)

13 - Vegetation classification using synergistic remote sensing and machine learning in Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica    Vasco Miranda   (IST, Ulisboa)

14 - Deep Learning and PlanetScope imagery reveal high densities of thaw ponds in eastern Hudson Bay, sub-Arctic Canada

Pedro Freitas   (IGOT, ULisboa)      

15 - Optical properties variations in thermokarst lakes located in the sub-Arctic Canada    

Cristiana Dias Antunes   (IST, ULisboa)    

16 - High resolution detection of intra-seasonal dynamics of permafrost coasts using TERRASAR-X imagery (Beaufort Sea, Canada)  

Carla Mora   (IGOT, ULisboa)   

17 - The PERMAMERC field campaign of 2022 in Kangiqsualujjuaq, sub-Arctic Canada    

Diana Martins   (IGOT, ULisboa)    

18 - A journey to Ny-Alesund: a perspective of a young researcher  

Eva Lopes   (CIIMAR, UPorto)     

 

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XIII Workshop da APECS Portugal | XIII APECS Portugal Workshop

 

"A Snowy Road to One Health"

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PROGRAMA (18 Novembro) / PROGRAM (18 November)

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09h00-09h15- Morning Introduction por APECS Portugal

 

09h20-09h50- Pedro M. Guerreiro, CCMAR-Universidade do Algarve

10h00-10h30- Arja Rautio, University of the Arctic, University of Oulu, Finland

10h30-10h50- Coffee-break

10h50-11h20- Filipa Samarra, University of Iceland

11h25-12h00- Kahoot Game

12h30-13h50- Wrap Up & Lunch

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14h00-14h10- Afternoon Introduction

14h10-14h40- Agnieszka Kruszewska, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics,  Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

14h45-15h15- TBA

15h20-15h40- Coffee-break

15h45-16h45- Debate

16h45-17h00- Wrap up Final

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